Handle and Pet

Handle

Handle verb - To deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently.

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Pet and handle are semantically related in feeling topic. In some cases you can use "Pet" instead a verb "Handle".

Nearby Words: hand, handled, handling, handler, handhold

Pet verb - To touch or handle in a tender or loving manner.

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Handle and pet are semantically related in feeling topic. Sometimes you can use "Handle" instead a verb "Pet".

Nearby Words: petted, petting

old	old handle	old pet
good	good handle	good pet
similar	similar handle	similar pet
ordinary	ordinary handle	ordinary pet
Other adjectives: small, actual, real, large, big, huge, little, tiny, new, former.

However, the way some Chihuahua-owners stereotypically handle their dogs, carrying them in handbags or held against their own bodies, is exactly how well-socialized pet rats, which crave close contact with their humans and enjoy the enclosed feeling of riding in a bag, prefer to be handled.

Source: Right for the Wrong Reasons
While it's largly Played for Laughs, they couldn't even handle recovering Princess Celestia's pet bird.

Source: Militaries Are Useless
Colin's pet mouse can't handle seeing Colin as sad as he is and is Driven to Suicide.

Source: Downer Ending / Literature

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